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"Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away."

"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

"Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion."

"A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat."
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"Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters."

"A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked."

"But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty."

"Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy."

"I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants."

"Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself."

"Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again."

"A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight."

"There are three reasons why this book came into being. First, throughout the 33 years I've been writing recipes - although I'm not vegetarian myself - I have greatly enjoyed creating vegetarian recipes, and cooking and serving them at home."

"In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them."
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